A Raisin in the Sun Movie Trailer

Watch the trailer for A Raisin in the Sun. The style is quite different from today's movies, but it has the same purpose to persuade you into watching the film.



Be sure to know how to use these terms when reading the film!

Theater/Film Vocabulary

ROAR Rubrics and Requirements

As you enjoy your outside reading, here are the basic ROAR requirements:

ROAR Grading Rubric


ROAR Response Requirements

ROAR Exemplars

As you are working on your ROAR biography reviews, here are two fine examples from last year:

#1
http://www.mediafire.com/?cmxzzvtiv1j

#2
http://www.mediafire.com/?0gnymwpezw5

American Dream Interview

Enjoy the conversations!

http://www.mediafire.com/?2mdbblhxmwm

Fun w/ Of Mice and Men

This might be before your time, but here are the Animaniacs:




Sylvester (stop calling me George!) takes on Steinbeck:

Biography Suggestions

Remember to use the Boston Library catalog to search for books and request them sent to the branch closest to your home. Happy searching! Leave a comment if you have good suggestions on where or how to find books.

The site from class:
http://www.hclib.org/teens/booklistaction.cfm?list_num=585

Denver Library has 2 good pages
http://teens.denverlibrary.org/find/genre/bios.html

other sites:
http://info.infosoup.org/lists/biosForTeens.asp?BookListID=101

http://www.ci.tigard.or.us/library/teens/reading_for_fun/docs/biographies.pdf

http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_teens/tn_books/tn_booklists/biographies.asp